CORRELATES OF EMPATHY IN PSYCHOTHERAPY - A REPLICATION

Replicated findings regarding the relationship between therapist personal characteristics and therapist empathy levels during psychotherapy. It is concluded that: (1) there is a moderate inverse relationship between therapist MMPI disturbance levels and degree of therapist empathy in interviews, (2) there is no correlation between indexes of therapists' intellectual ability or academic achievement and their empathy scores and (3) there is some reason to doubt that Truax Empathy scores are related to patient outcome in non-client-centered therapy. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved). © 1969 American Psychological Association.